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Cabin Creek Ranger Residence and Dormitory
Built in 1934 (rustic architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. 13 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1903.
From the record
“The Cabin Creek Ranger Residence and Dormitory, also known as the Cabin Creek Ranger Station, were built in 1934 and 1935 in Sequoia National Park by the Civilian Conservation Corps. The three-room wood-frame residence and the two-room dormitory are examples of the National Park Service Rustic style.”
Wikipedia article Cabin Creek Ranger Residence and Dormitory, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 35 National Register listings published here for Tulare County · listed in 1978 · category: Building · built in 1934, rustic architecture, by National Park Service.
National Register reference number.78000368- the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Then and now
1903 to 1993
The ground this property stands on, surveyed
90 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are
United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
19031993
Fires near this property
147 since 1992
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 147 fires within 5 miles of Cabin Creek Ranger Residence and Dormitory
between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,319 acres in total. 74 started naturally. 1 was recorded as arson.
Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted
here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
Reported cause
Fires
Natural
74
Recreation and ceremony
50
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
12
Smoking
4
Debris and open burning
3
Misuse of fire by a minor
2
Power generation/transmission/distribution
1
Arson/incendiarism
1
The most recent of
them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service
that recorded it.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
5 workings within 5 miles of Cabin Creek Ranger Residence and Dormitory: 2 prospects, 1 unknown, 1 past producer, 1 occurrence.
None of them still produces. What was taken out: Tungsten, Copper, Copper, Gold, Silver, Gold. Distance is straight-line from the
map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring
settlement's page as well.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The National Weather Service names
Wilsonia, the town this property stands in, in 8 storm reports between 2003 and 2025: 5 wildfire, 2 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind.
No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office
filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date
opens the federal record of that event.
The Kaweah-Kern Complex of fires was lightning ignited late in July (includes the Williams, West Kern, Giant, Slide Bluffs, Bubbs, West Clover, High Bridge, East Fork, West Timber, Tar Gap 1 and Gap 2, Fry Pan, Soda Springs, and Homers Nose Fires ... Paradise 2 Fire had formerly been included in this complex but is removed from this report). These fires were generally allowed to burn for resource management purposes.
The Williams Fire was lightning started in the wee hours of the morning of July 28th and burned through the month of August as a managed resource fire. No injuries were reported but the fire cost was assessed at $22K. The fire burned 827 acres by the end of August.
A mudslide occurred on the Generals Highway between Quail Flat and the intersection with SR 180. This resulted in a lengthy road closure as Generals Highway remained closed until the following morning for clean-up.
The Williams Fire was lightning started in the wee hours of the morning of July 28th and burned through the month of August as a managed resource fire. No injuries were reported but the fire cost was assessed at $22K.
The Kaweah-Kern Complex of fires was lightning ignited late in July (includes the Williams, West Kern, Giant, Slide Bluffs, Bubbs, West Clover, High Bridge, East Fork, West Timber, Tar Gap 1 and Gap 2, Fry Pan, Soda Springs, and Homers Nose Fires). These fires were allowed to burn for resource management purposes. Cost of fires accounted in earlier months. Total acreage assessed at 11,654 acres at the first of the month.
The Kaweah-Kern Complex of fires were essentially started July 28th and allowed to continue to burn as resource fires through the month of September. Fires within this complex included Williams, West Kern, Giant, Slide Bluffs, Bubbs, West Clover, High Bridge, East Fork, West Timber, Tar Gap 1, Tar Gap 2, Fry Pan, Soda Springs, and Paradise 2. Acreage burned: 5790 acres in Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Park; 2245 acres in the Sequoia National Forest; and, 435 acres in the Inyo National Forest. As of September 30th, the cost was $530.2K.
United States Geological Survey topographic
sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then
testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
Other National Register properties close
enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both
positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties
to their map sheets.
Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.
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